anthony: the south is not a monolith. there are pockets of weirdness, awesomeness, and then there s charleston. where for some time now important things have been happening with food. a lot of them having to do with this guy. [ laughter ] i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha la la la la sha la la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la la la anthony: what are we drinking? beer? we drinking harder stuff? what s going on? sean: i usually go with a budweiser and a jagermeister. anthony: budweiser and a jagermeister? so any notion of going local right out the window. sean: yeah. bartender: two jagers? anthony: uh, yeah, two jagers. yeah. cheers. good to see you again, man. sean: cheers, man. the first one s never good. the first one is never good. but it gets easier after the first one. anthony: so, look, um, this is no
sean: we were trying to replicate the emotion of southern, that southern food provides you in a time where good ingredients weren t available, so we made up for tasteless ingredients by frying them or dumping butter on them. anthony: right. sean: now we don t have to. anthony: wow, what s going on here? this is an onslaught of awesomeness here. bill: we didn t order this. sean: so hoppin john, so pit beans that have been cooking over the fire all day. these are the red peas that came from west africa. this is the original carolina gold rice, hand-harvested. grilled whiting, which is what
sean: we were trying to replicate the emotion of southern, that southern food provides you in a time where good ingredients weren t available, so we made up for tasteless ingredients by frying them or dumping butter on them. anthony: right. sean: now we don t have to. anthony: wow, what s going on here? this is an onslaught of awesomeness here. bill: we didn t order this. sean: so hoppin john, so pit beans that have been cooking over the fire all day. these are the red peas that came from west africa. this is the original carolina gold rice, hand-harvested. grilled whiting, which is what nobody eats in charleston in restaurants.
sean: we were trying to replicate the emotion of southern, that southern food provides you in a time where good ingredients weren t available, so we made up for tasteless ingredients by frying them or dumping butter on them. anthony: right. anthony: wow, what s going on here? this is an onslaught of awesomeness here. bill: we didn t order this. sean: so hoppin john, so pit beans that have been cooking over the fire all day. these are the red peas that came from west africa. this is the original carolina gold rice, hand-harvested. grilled whiting, which is what nobody eats in charleston in
these are the red peas that came from west africa. this is the original carolina gold rice, hand-harvested. grilled whiting, which is what nobody eats in charleston in restaurants. it s what everybody eats in homes with some spring vegetables. and then this is suckling pig. that s the same breed, ossabaw, as we had earlier with the ham, mixed with a mule foot cooked on a spit. some creamed corn and cornbread. anthony: wow. bill: well, this is going to be my first mule foot. sean: this is like my favorite way to eat, you know? just family style, just pass stuff around. anthony: oh yeah. the rice is amazing. bill: it s amazing, man. anthony: yeah. you see bubba gump, you get angry? sean: i get very angry. anthony: for me, it s